Re: Implementation (simple!) operator overloading

You deserve an A+ for effort :) However, I really don't want to see operator overloading in PHP. One of the things I like in Java is that they removed this kind of bloat as opposed to C++. I prefer interfaces & methods and think operator overloading code is just too unreadable. Andi At 01:21 AM 7/10/00 +0200, Mathieu Kooiman (ggInternet) wrote:

Hiya, I implemented simple operator overloading for Zend/PHP Allowing constructions like this:

        define ("USE_INT", 1);
         class test {
                var $blah;
                function overload- do_minus_overload( $subject ) {
                        if (!is_int($subject))
                                return USE_INT;
                        return substr($this->blah, 0, (strlen($this->blah) - $subject));
                }
        }

        $muh = new test();
        $muh->blah = "This is a long string and we're gonna chop off 10 characters";
        print "Current muh::blah = {$muh->blah}\n";
        printf("Muh - 10 = %s\n", ($var=$muh - 10) == USE_INT ? "Error!" : $var);

Mostly as proof to myself I could do it, I wonder how much interest there is for it.. If there is how do I get it to you ppl, since it has changes in multiple files:)) (all in Zend code btw) For now it only implements overloading for '-' and '+' currently working on a way to get -= and += to work.. ( Btw, I figure this would make me the youngest here .. being 17 :) Not sure, didn't follow complete thread ) Mathieu Kooiman - <caps@gge.nl> GG-Internet Webdesign - http://www.gginter.net/ -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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